Mechanisms for Interaction of HEI and Large Business: Experience of Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” and PJSC “Gazprom”

Programs of personnel training and development today can be met in any large Russian company. However, few of them do not just carry out education of young specialists who come to the enterprise, but seriously build an educational environment together with specialized universities. A striking example of such a company is PJSC Gazprom. The company is one of the locomotives of the domestic high-tech economy, uses the latest achievements of science and technology. It is extremely interested in specialists, including those areas and specialties which are trained at St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University ”LETI”. Cooperation with such a company brings significant dividends to the universities-from real employment of graduates to the affiliated companies to the image component. Therefore, in recent years, the cooperation of St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” and one of the largest Russian companies, PJSC Gazprom, is gaining momentum. Some practices of this collaboration will be presented in the report.